Wilford Brimley has become so associated with Quaker Oats that he should replace the statue of William Penn, Philadelphia's Quaker founder, atop City Hall.

And not merely with a statue of Wilford Brimley -- I mean the actual guy. Yeah, he'd get cold up there, but the irreparable damage to his skin and extremities would be balanced out by the magnitude of the honor.

That scene nearly caused the film to receive an "R" rating, and even though The Natural ultimately slipped through as "PG," Wilford Brimley's back has ever since been considered "box-office poison." Notice that, in the more than thirty films in which he's appeared since then, not one has shown him from any angle except from straight on, from the shoes down. Not coincidentally, his star power has skyrocketed.